{"id":"F2005B01608","name":"Fisheries Management Act 1991 - Sedentary Organism Proclamation","slug":"fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":112059,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B01608-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries Management Act 1991 - Sedentary Organism Proclamation","content":"Fisheries Management Act 1991\n\nPROCLAMATION\n\nI, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 12 (1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, being satisfied that a marine organism belonging to a species referred to in the Schedule is, for the purposes of international law, part of the living natural resources of the Australian continental shelf because it is, for the purposes of international law, an organism belonging to a sedentary species, declare that an organism of a species so referred to is a sedentary organism to which that Act applies.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia\n\non 12 December 1995.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nDP Beddall\n\nMinister for Resources\n\n  \nSCHEDULE\n\nSEDENTARY ORGANISMS TO WHICH THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 APPLIES\n\n1. Beche-de-mer (also known as trepang) of every species included in Phylum Echinodermata, Class Holothuroidea, Order Aspidochirotida, Families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae\n\n2. Bivalve molluscs of every species in Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia included within:\n\npearlshell species of the Family Pteriidae, Genus Pinctada;  \ngiant clam species of the Family Tridacnidae;  \npipi species of the Family Donacidae;  \nrazor shell species of the Family Pinnidae;  \nheart cockle species of the Family Cardiidae\n\n3. Gastropods of Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda included within:\n\nabalone species of the Family Haliotidae;  \ncowries of the Family Cypraeidae;  \nbailer shells of the Family Volutidae, Genus Melo\n\n4. Green snails, Turbo marmorarus\n\n5. Commercial trochus shell, Trochus niloticus\n\n6. Giant trumpet shells, Charonia tritonis","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2876},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function described in its title and enabling provision — declaring specific sedentary organisms for the purposes of the Fisheries Management Act 1991. The scope remains limited to the taxonomic groups listed in the Schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Requires understanding of taxonomic classification (Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus) to identify covered species precisely","References subsection 12(1) of the principal Act requiring cross-referencing to understand full legal effect","Incorporates undefined concepts of international law regarding continental shelf and sedentary species"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation declares certain sea creatures to be \"sedentary organisms\" under the Fisheries Management Act 1991, bringing them within Australia’s federal jurisdiction on the continental shelf. \n\nThat change—covering categories such as sea cucumbers, bivalves, gastropods and a few named species—means federal management and regulation now apply to their harvest, affecting commercial and recreational fishers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation","history":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fisheries-management-act-1991-sedentary-organism-proclamation/documents"}}